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Proper Pride

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My mother used to work at a factory called "proper pride" making lingerie does anyone remember it
I think it was in mile road, it would be lovely to hear from anyone who knew it. My mother was called
maria longo

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Hello - !my name is now jane LUDGATE but I was jane Hely and worked for the Metchsndise manageress mrs hitchinso n as a p a in 1971-1972 - I loved it . Do write to me - I don't know what years your mother was there . there was a designer called Ann conn - factory manager ( handsome !) called Ian reilly - gina zona in the factory and I think a nick lowe . I left as was having my first daughter Melissa who is now 44! We had a lady with a tea trolley who came round. I ve been trying to find someone from there for years . love to hear from you - janeludgate1@gmail.com . I live in Ampthill ( I was widowed aged 41 in1991) .
By janeludgate1 on Tue Oct 4th 2016, at 11:33 pm
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it was just off the mike road in windsor road / I can't find any photos
By janeludgate1 on Tue Oct 4th 2016, at 11:35 pm
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My.Mother, Mary Reid worked at Proper Pride I think from 1962-1966. She was an overlocker. She remembers being rewarded for completing so many pieces; the reward was a make over. She said the make up was very thick, sixties style. My Dad worked in the cutting room. Was it then called Hawkins. and then Kayser?
By Donna Clarke on Thu Jan 26th 2023, at 2:07 pm
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I was a 19 year old student and worked at PP in 1966 as general dogsbody and then promoted to van driver of a very smart Ford Thames van with Proper Pride Lingerie smartly signed in gold on the side. It caused some comment from the Liverpool dockers. Happy memories of a happy female dominated workforce working hard on their machines
By Jeremy Stephens on Sat Apr 5th 2025, at 4:03 pm
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